Re: [btns] Suggestion for Better-Than-Nothing Security (btns)

[Stephen Kent <kent at bbn.com>]

Title: Re: [btns] Suggestion for Better-Than-Nothing Security (bt

At 12:07 AM -0500 5/28/09, tim robertson wrote:

> Hi, I have a suggestion
> for Better-Than-Nothing Security (btns). IPSEC should integrate
> some more encryption features like Obfuscated
> TCP(code.google.com/p/obstcp/) and you should work with
> Microsoft/Linux to get them to release a high priority windowsupdate
> for all windows xp/vista/server operating systems so everyone can
> install it. Same thing for Linux too. Then IPSEC should be enabled by
> default for Windows xp/vista/server and Linux.
>  
> Can you pass on my
> suggestion?
> Thanks
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IPsec is IPsec. It is not a package of software libraries like Open SSL.  So, it makes no sense to suggest adding Obfuscated TCP to IPsec.

IPsec has been available in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X for several years.

Because IPsec (not the BTNS variant) requires access controls and an authentication capability, it is not generally feasible to speak of it being enabled by default.

Steve